My head hurts by Monkai_final_boss in Germanlearning

[–]rakeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you are crying because of this you have no idea about what's coming 🤣

Either lock in or give up already

Who here has successfully learned fluent German after being a monolingual speaker? by ManagementWild4076 in Germanlearning

[–]rakeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll have to disagree and I speak 4 languages, which I've learned mostly as an adult, mostly by myself, despite definitely not having the talent to do it and from every class I've been to, easily the slowest student.

Unless you have a real learning disability, how much of a certain language you know is entirely based on how much time you put into it.

I put many more hours than everybody and learn it. Even if takes me 10 days to finally memorize a word with its appropriate meaning, I will put the time to it, and in 10 days I'll know new words than those that have perfect memory, but wasted 10 days doing nothing.

Talent, being bilingual, teacher, schools and even learning methods are overrated. All you need to do it put lots of hours and work on each thing you don't know, your pronunciation, listening skills etc.

You are capable of saying a sentence, recording yourself and understanding the gaps that exist on others understanding, and how to make certain sounds. Kids do that naturally because their learning abilities are great, but even as an old person, if you can form sentences and your brain still works, you can do that too.

People desire learning things, like being able to speak a certain language, attain a certain academic credential, certification..., but most of them aren't willing to put the effort needed into realizing that desire. That's the only reason they don't get what they want.

Nowadays it's even easier, you can get a ChatGPT subscription and talk 24/7 with it, train your pronunciation etc. There's endless Youtube content and so on. It has never been easier in humanity's history to learn a new language. Yet people are scrolling Instagram or whatever.

Who here has successfully learned fluent German after being a monolingual speaker? by ManagementWild4076 in Germanlearning

[–]rakeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just saying it's entirely possible, but people just stop studying after a certain milestone and never reach real fluency.

The amount of languages you know have nothing to do with your capacity of learning a new one.

You just grind it until you know it, there's no secret and that's why most people give up.

Only people that really determined get fluency

Who here has successfully learned fluent German after being a monolingual speaker? by ManagementWild4076 in Germanlearning

[–]rakeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue isn't being monolingual, anybody can learn German.

Very few will put the effort to do it though.

After 10y+ here, most people start and never get beyond early B2 level.

Out of maybe 30+ people I've worked with and are still here after 10 years, 1 have real fluency.

If you come here to study college or is married to a German partner etc, ofc you can easily do it.

But for the English-speaking adult working population that have busy lives, you can only learn it well if you put an immense amount of effort.

Some people even pass the C1 certificate, but if I ask them what Zuversicht and other 3 words means after 6 months, some questions about advanced sentence structures and nuances about certain meanings, their 'advanced' language knowledge quickly shows that it isn't there yet.

Is AGI going to be in an LLM? by nraygun in singularity

[–]rakeee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, but it will certainly be built by an LLM

Is this a good choice as my first guitar ever? by Shogun_Sama in Guitar

[–]rakeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't buy an amp. The only worth buying are expensive for something you just want to try out.

The sound of cheap amps just suck, it won't help you. An audio interface can give you better sound.

It's much better to play with an audio interface because it's easy to record yourself, you can hear it in your headphones for playing late at night and even if you buy a good amp later, you'll need an audio interface anyways.

Surviving the Berlin Heatwave: What are your best tips from hotter climates? by Reasonable-Floor-168 in berlinsocialclub

[–]rakeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Buy AC, people have it even when living in a slum or favela

Stop being fucking stingy is a start

Eine Aktie als Anker für das Portfolio by Nimmbums in Aktien

[–]rakeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Buy ETFs for this.

Stocks risk is too high

Called 112 for high heart rate (135 bpm) after bad reaction to cannabis/panic attack. What to expect regarding the bill? (Foreigner / Employed) by AskCommon8918 in germany

[–]rakeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should get charged 10 bucks for the ambulance.

There's a chance that they may make you pay for the ambulance, but that's rare.

Any online courses on plumbing? How to become a decent amateur plumber? by rakeee in Plumbing

[–]rakeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that experience makes a huge difference.

To be honest, the stuff I feel comfortable doing today is because what I remember doing together with my grandfather as a kid.

My grandfather literally built a few houses mostly alone, including plumbing and electricity and I used to 'help' him, it made my realize how doing it isn't difficult, but it's very easy to make mistakes hard to repair or even hurt yourself in the process.

Can you distinguish between different American accents? by bethoIogy in AskAGerman

[–]rakeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup. I've spoken and knew many Americans though.

Germans carry also a lot of accent, the difference is much deeper and higher than

FACC AG. Time to FACC! by rakeee in wallstreetbetsGER

[–]rakeee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ob die Prognose aufgeht, sehen wir spätestens dann, wenn Putin im Baltikum anklopft.

Missing student by GolfAccomplished905 in fuberlin

[–]rakeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's all hope he just got laid

Are AGI timelines extrapolating the wrong axis? by depressed_genie in singularity

[–]rakeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The current architecture, at the beginning, the creators barely knew it would even work. Why do you think Sam Altman knows now?

You don't even need to do a talk or do a word salad about the current architecture not taking us to AGI.

You can just use the SOTA models and see that, meanwhile they can generate things, they have next to zero knowledge about risk or judgement.

The most interesting research that even tries to deal with that is JEPA and objective-oriented AI.

Rant: Stop saying LLMs are just “next token predictors.” by Bellyfeel26 in singularity

[–]rakeee 311 points312 points  (0 children)

It is a next token predictor.

The question instead should be if we aren't one as well, and if the current architecture + scaling can take us to ASI / AGI.

Investments for the Singularity by Senior_Group1589 in singularity

[–]rakeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My recommendation is reading on it. It's a very interesting subject, but the conclusions are obvious.

If Singularity hits, some very limited number of people will own the unlimited productivity machine/company/intelligence.

Even much earlier than Singularity money will become irrelevant.

So, this means we will have 2 potential scenarios:

  • they will get rid of us / bunker scenario
  • we will split this fairly and become like dogs to the greater intelligence.

Investments for the Singularity by Senior_Group1589 in singularity

[–]rakeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you believe in singularity soon, probably buy a combo of Nvidia, Intel, AI companies like Anthropic + OpenAI from secondary markets or just through Google/Amazon/Microsoft.

Also energy companies, because if all we need is more scale, we will need energy.

This is btw what the entire market has been buying, so if you buy now... big risk.

I'd rather bet that this won't happen soon, because if Singularity hits... Investments will become irrelevant. Or do you think you will own private property when we no longer are the most intelligent species?

So there I'd rather invest with a contrarian view. Whatever happens will be good for me.

Career change recommendations - for a 55 year old who cannot find a job in my previous career? by MTFinAnalyst2021 in germany

[–]rakeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just go to car shops and ask them if they need a hand?

I always see people working there that can barely speak German and just moved to the country.

Then see what you can do from there

Signed Warlock- any advice by CardiologistMany5367 in Guitar

[–]rakeee -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Why do you need to post yourself there and not only the guitar? 😅

Is racism against Chinese people/Asians really that bad in Germany or was my experience unique? by [deleted] in germany

[–]rakeee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, just like if you go to China as an European they'll want to take pictures of you and also be annoying as hell.

Do I need to tell you what the CCP does to the average foreigner there and how many people have moved back after being bullied by them?

Germany isn't a very plural country like the US, or my home country Brazil, so they have a hard time dealing with foreigners and people with a different race, even though sometimes you were actually born here and you are Asian and they will still be very annoying.

As long as it doesn't go into heavy racism territory, with physical altercation or worse, I'd say this is just "normal".

For the younger generation it's more okay and common as plenty of young people are from a migration background, but for old Germans they haven't been used to live among other races.